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package org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

/**
 * Abstract class to work with fields in Page Objects.
 * Provides methods to process {@link org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy},
 * {@link org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBys} and
 * {@link org.openqa.selenium.support.FindAll} annotations.
 */
public abstract class AbstractAnnotations {

  /**
   * Defines how to transform given object (field, class, etc)
   * into {@link org.openqa.selenium.By} class used by webdriver to locate elements.
   *
   * @return By object
   */
  public abstract By buildBy();

  /**
   * Defines whether or not given element
   * should be returned from cache on further calls.
   *
   * @return boolean if lookup cached
   */
  public abstract boolean isLookupCached();

}
